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Arcturus New Bedford, MA

Vessel Details

1/22/2008

At about 3:30 a.m. on January 22, 2008, Robert Glover drowned when he slipped and fell from a pier into the New Bedford harbor while trying to board the fishing boat Arcturus. The ship's captain, Kenneth Thuestad, dove in after him--probably in an attempt to save him--and also drowned. Both bodies were recovered.

Name Age
Kenneth Thuestad 48
Robert Glover 37
  • Trade Indicator: Fishery
  • Hull Material: Steel
  • Year Built:
  • Ship Builder: Duckworth Steel Boats
  • Owner: O'Hara Corporation, Rockland, ME
  • Previous Owners:
  • Service: Commercial fishing
  • Doc. Issuance Date:
  • Doc. Expiration Date:
  • USCG Doc. No.: 1219387
  • IMO Number:
  • Call Sign:
  • Hull Number: 092
  • Length (ft): 84.6 FT
  • Hull Depth (ft): 14.5 FT
  • Hull Breadth (ft): 28 FT
  • Gross Tonnage: 165
  • Net Tonnage: 35

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